Parirenyatwa evicts striking nurses
In a shocking development, Parirenyatwa Hospital has evicted nurses who are on strike.
In a notice seen by Savanna News, Parirenyatwa Hospital’s CEO ET Manyawu notifies a nurse that she/he has been evicted from hospital accommodation because they did not avail themselves for duty.
In the notice, Manyawu tells the nurse that they have three months to look for alternative accommodation.
Savanna News publishes the full notice below:
This letter serves to notify you of the termination of your lease with effect from end of day 30 September. You are hereby given 3 months’ notice which will commence 1st July,2O20.
You are aware that your stay in hospital accommodation was on the understanding that you avail yourself in times of emergencies that may be occasioned by disasters, stayaways, industrial action and any other such disturbances. The hospital has experienced numerous emergencies and industrial action in the last 12 months. Despite the calls for emergency cover in those situations you have not been forthcoming inspite of the fact that you are resident in hospital accommodation.
On its part the hospital has ensured that you pay rentals of less than ZWL100.00 per month which translate to US$1.75 (at 1:57 rate) on accommodation with no transport fares, free water and uninterrupted electricity both for your convenience and to enable you to attend to duty at short notice during emergencies.
The hospital will be entering into new lease agreements with those nurses who, due, to the convenience and proximity of hospital accommodation are agreeable to assisting patients during times of emergencies.
You are therefore expected to prepare to vacate the aforementioned flat/room on or before the 30th September, 2020, failure of which you will be evicted without any further notice.
All Healthcare workers including doctors, nurses, radiographers, midwives are on strike over wages.
The Healthcare workers demand that: salaries revert back to the 1st of October 2018 digits that were quoted in USD which is a stable currency that can store value of that salary.